An automobile manufacturer develops a factory in a small, rural town. This factory provides much need jobs to the area, but the by-products that the factory creates during production increase the amount of water pollution in the area. This is an example of a ______.

A. manifest function
B. latent function
C. social function
D. dysfunction


Answer: D

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